Once Upon a Sketch 9.15

The Sept. 15 challenge at OUAS required you to journal on the photo. I chose to use rub ons. I love rub ons. I think they add so much extra pizzaz to a picture, that I frequently use them on my layouts. My favorite company MME used to make them a lot, but don't anymore. I wish they still did...
The photo is of my husband and my son playing in the rain. My husband is rather serious, and more concerned with the realities of life, like Adam falling ill, or getting hurt, and I have to push him out in the rain where he can be caught up in the enthusiasm of an energetic two-year-old. The journalling says, "We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." This is so my philosophy of life, that is was perfect for this layout.

Everything is from MME, except the Prima trinkets. The birdcage hangs from a 7 Gypsies chain. The flowers, trim & burlap are from my stash. And for me, no l/o is complete without some Tim Holtz Distress Ink.
Here are some close-ups.

That's it! Thanks for looking!

Sketchy Thursday 9.15

This week, we were required to make a l/o with the theme 'friend'. To me, friends are indeed the family we choose. We surround ourselves with amazing people, who lift us up when we are down,and who make us feel secure and loved no matter what.
Ali is all this and more to our family. We love him, our kids love him, and even our parents love him. I made this l/o because he ain't heavy, he's my brother...

Thanks for looking, and thank you Sketchy Thursdays for giving me this chance to show my friend how much I love him.

MME challenge- Back To...

Well it's that time of month again, when MME posts their challenge. This time you have to have Back to... as your title. I have to say I was stumped. I could only think Back to School, or Back to the Future! So I began to go through my photos, and came across this one. I love this picture.
This is what I came up with.

 Hope you like what you see! 

Once Upon a Sketch

I came upon this fantastic site on Sunday evening, and was so blown away by the sketch. After I saw what all the ladies had made, I wanted to have a go, if only to have my page up among all that beauty and talent! So THANK YOU, OUAS!
This l/o is about the year 2009, the year I gave birth to a baby boy. The picture is of him breastfeeding. He'd look up at me with such trust and love, that this was by far my favorite time of day. For me this picture encapsulates why this year was so momentous for me.
I used papers from my favorite company MME. Flowers are Prima, so is the trinket. Thanks for looking.

Sketchy Thursday 9.1

This is what I came up with for the 9.1 challenge at Sketchy Thursdays, and I'm really up against the clock to post in time. 

Sketchy Thursday Challenge 8.25

Ok. I'm officially obsessed. With sketches. I find they jump-start my creativity. Take this one for instance. I seldom work with circles. And this weeks sketch was all about circles. Of course, sketches are open to interpretation, and I thought I'd use squares... But then, why not push myself a little and stay true to the sketch. After all that's the challenge, right? So here's the sketch....                                                                        

And here's what I did with it...

I used MME papers and embellies and really had fun playing along. Thanks for a great sketch, and thanks for stopping by! 

MME challenge 26

Hi! This is what I came up with for the latest MME challenge. I never get to use my pink papers as all the layouts I do are of my son, and for some reason pink makes me think, GIRL. Well, not any more! I not only used the pink papers from the Lost & Found collection, I also used the embellishments from the same collection.

The layered sticker said "Little Princess", and that wouldn't do, so I covered the 'ss' with another sticker.

That's the close up. Thanks for stopping by...